Chapter 7 Chapter Seven Strange Disease

Since then, Niu Laodao has lived alone in the mountains and fields, and has never heard from him again. Without his master, Wu Qi's life has been much easier, but he has not forgotten his roots, and he still studies the medical books left by his master every day without interruption.Now he has obtained the true teaching of the old way, and his fame has also increased along with his medical skills. In this poor and remote place, strange diseases are not so common. Apart from dealing with patients with colds, coughs, and bruises, Wu Qi and Ghost Wu spend most of their time either studying by themselves, or going to the mountains to collect herbs and sell them part-time.This ravine is really poor. Most people get over minor illnesses such as colds and colds, but when they encounter serious illnesses, they can only lead sheep and send cattle. It is heart-warming to see. Can't bear it.But in that era, Wu Qi was not black enough, so he could only suffer a little.

Strange illnesses are rare, but it doesn’t mean they can’t be encountered. On this day, Wu Qi and Ghost Wu were enjoying the coolness in the house due to the draft, when they saw a villager rushing in as if their butts were on fire. They didn’t even have time to knock on the door and rushed in. , out of breath, said: "Wu... Doctor Wu, save... save people!" When Wu Qi saw the person coming, it turned out to be Laibao from Zhaojiatunzi in the neighboring village. More than ten days ago, this guy accidentally sprained his ankle when he was building a beam on the house. Judging from the appearance of the road, it should be recovering quite well, but it's just at noon on a hot day, is there such an emergency?

"Don't worry, what's the matter, talk slowly!" Wu Qi asked him to sit down calmly. Laibao picked up the kettle on the table, drank all the water in it in one breath, finally came over with a sigh of relief, and then wiped his mouth and said: "The two boys in our village have accidents, it's very weird, you hurry up Let's see!" Wu Qi was startled when he heard this, and he didn't dare to be negligent. The so-called saving people is like putting out a fire. Since the situation is urgent, there is no time to delay, so he looked at Ghost Wu and nodded, and quickly prepared everything. Zhao Jiatunzi rushed over.

Zhaojia Village was not far away, just over a small hill, and when the few people arrived there under the scorching sun, they were almost on the verge of heatstroke.As soon as he entered the door, he saw a little boy about 17 or 18 lying on the mat by the window, drowsy, shivering from time to time, grinding his teeth, not knowing what he was talking about. A trance-like look. "How long has the child been like this?" Wu Qi checked the little boy's pulse, then quickly checked his whole body, and turned to ask the little boy's parents beside him. The little boy's father replied: "It happened in the morning. Maodou was fine when we went to the field. When we came back from the field at noon, we saw Maodou lying on the ground like this. It frightened us. Don't hurry up." Let Noble call you here!"

"The second boss's child is also sick, why don't you let Doctor Xiao Wu go and have a look at it first!" Laibao fanned the wind with his collar while asking Wu Qi for their opinions.Wu Qi nodded and said to Ghost Wu: "Leave this to me, you go over there to see the situation first!" Wu Qi checked Maodou carefully again, looking for the cause of the disease, and went back and forth a few times, but found nothing abnormal.At this time, it is midsummer, and it is the busy season of farming. People in the village go to work in the fields, and the children are either kept at home, or a group of children run around with bare feet all day long, going up the mountain and down the river to catch birds, shrimps and eggs. The most important entertainment for country children.

To say that under the scorching sun, it is normal for a child to suffer from sunstroke while playing or be bitten by poisonous snakes and insects, but the strange thing is that Maodou's complexion, breathing, and body temperature are extremely normal. There were no wounds, and there was not even a disordered pulse that would appear in a normal illness. It didn't look like heatstroke, food poisoning, or poisoning from insect bites. Under normal circumstances, the human body exhibits pathological features. As long as the disease is in the body, qualified Chinese medicine practitioners can basically diagnose it after seeing, smelling, listening, and cutting, except for rare and intractable diseases. .But judging from Maodou's current condition, his symptoms don't seem to be obvious, just a little in a trance, and he doesn't show any pathological features in other directions.

Another situation is the invasion of external elements, which can also lead to a special hysterical morbid state in the human body, just like Zhang Erzhuzi before, this kind of situation is usually caused by evil winds entering the brain, which is what people usually call ghost upper body .But for children with weak physical resistance, it is a different situation, especially for young children, whose souls are unstable. If they are frightened or come into contact with evil objects, it is easy for their souls to leave their bodies. At this time, it is necessary to The elders call the soul and guide his soul back to him, and the disease will naturally heal.This kind of situation is usually accompanied by high fever, and it is manifested as systemic symptoms, not just this local mental disorder, not to mention that edamame has no high fever at all.

Wu Qi was secretly surprised at the moment, he is not the kind of person who would rely on ghosts and gods when encountering things that cannot be explained. Although he has worshiped Niu Daoist as his teacher, but that is only limited to medical skills, and his position against feudal superstition has always been the opposite of.Zhang Erzhuzi said that he was possessed by evil spirits entering his body, and he was so violent that he was cured by medicine in the end?Not long after the incident, I encountered such a difficult problem again today. Could it be that I am not competent in medical skills?

Wu Qi didn't believe in this evil, and asked about the ins and outs of Maodou's illness in detail, and then carefully diagnosed it. At the moment, he showed full care, even the back of the head covered by the baby's braids. Sure enough, Wu Qi quickly discovered There is an extremely imperceptible abnormality on Maodou. Below the earlobe of Maodou's right ear, there is a shallow scratch all the way to the cheek. Compared with the left cheek, Maodou's right cheek is slightly swollen. The scratch and swelling are very inconspicuous. Can't find it.Moreover, scarlet around the swollen parotid glands of edamame, and the fragments are arranged in a ring like sawtooth. This is a manifestation of inflammation, indicating that the swelling of edamame's parotid glands will soon increase, and may spread to the base of the ears, gums, submandibular position.

Wu Qi immediately judged that it might be "mumps", "mumps" is mumps, which is called "toad plague" by local people, and it mostly occurs in children in spring and autumn, manifested as swelling and pain at one end of the cheek.This is a very common ailment. Use vinegar and Chinese ink as a ratio of one to one. Dip the mixture with a brush and apply it to the affected area. Apply it five or six times a day. Generally, the cheek swelling will disappear within two to three days.In addition, there are many prescriptions, which can cure the disease. After discovering the cause of the disease, Wu Qi was not careless, because under normal circumstances, the initial stage of "toad plague" would not lead to mental abnormalities. "Toad plague" is only a manifestation of symptoms, and the root cause of the disease is not here.Taking a closer look, he found that the scratch under Maodou's earlobe bypassed the entire base of the ear, and actually led to the ear, as if something had intentionally formed it.

"Do you have a cat at home? Catch a cat, break some garlic, and prepare a bowl and a pair of chopsticks!" Wu Qi was sure of his spirit, and said to the anxious couple beside him.Although the couple didn't know what Dr. Wu wanted, they knew from Wu Qi's expression that their child was saved, so they didn't dare to hesitate, and quickly prepared everything Wu Qi wanted. Wu Qi grabbed the cat, broke open a piece of garlic, squeezed out the garlic juice, and rubbed it on the cat's nose. The cat struggled for a while, meowed a few times, and then began to pee.Wu Qi asked the child's father to take a small bowl of cat urine and put it on the bedside. He took a little with chopsticks and carefully dripped it into Maodou's right ear hole. A few drops of cat urine dripped in, and Maodou became restless, scratching his head and scratching his cheeks, kicking his feet and trying to struggle.Wu Qi asked his parents to hold down his feet and body, and he himself was responsible for stabilizing his head, with his right ear facing up, and closely watching the changes in his right ear. The child didn't have much strength, being held down by a few people, he couldn't struggle anymore, and gradually stabilized.At this moment, Maodou suddenly shook his head, and a black worm crawled out of his right ear hole. As soon as the bug crawled out, Maodou's whole body went limp, and then he burst into tears, screaming, and threw himself into his mother's arms, apparently regaining consciousness.Wu Qi breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the worm with his chopsticks, put it in front of his eyes, and said to the couple, "This is the fault of this thing. It crawled into Maodou's ears and eyes, and it's all right now!" Maodou's parents stepped forward to thank him, but before Wu Qi could breathe a sigh of relief, Wu Qi suddenly frowned again, and said in surprise, "This thing is not a bug, it's the tail of Shougong!"